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8 photos and 1 illustration tagged lowerbroadway, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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• manhattan
• broadway
• newyorkcity
• lowermanhattan
• newyork
• tickertapeparade
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• nyc
• statevisits
• parade
• bowlinggreen
• downtown
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• ticker
• architecture
• procession
• unitedpress
• libraryofcongress
• aviation
• aviator
• bldigital
• date1893
• pubplacebostonmass
• publicdomain

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• Nationaal Archief 3 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 2 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 1 photo / illustration
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• New York Public Library 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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Bird's-eye view of the highest priced half mile of real estate in the world. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Justin Smith said:

  The building in the background is the Singer Building, the third tallest building ever destroyed (behind the two World Trade Center towers, of course). It was also the tallest building in the world From 1908-1909.

• allan56 said:

  the caption is wonderfully informative, if your eyes are up to the challenge.

• Blackharted John said:

  I know its truly NYC in the early 20th century , but it reminds me of the illustrations of that time of what it was thought that the city would look like in the 21st century ala Jules Verne.

Staatsbezoek / State visit

from Nationaal Archief

• Flavio Vicari said:

  
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DePeyster statue, Bowling Green, looking north on Broadway, ...

from New York Public Library

• Pixel Wrangler said:

  "This impressive bronze portrait statue, created by American sculptor George Edwin Bissell (1839-1920), depicts Mayor Abraham De Peyster (1657–1728). Born in New Amsterdam (now known as “Manhattan”), De Peyster came from a prosperous mercantile family. He quickly ascended the City’s political ladder, occupying almost all of the important colonial offices, including alderman, mayor, member of the king’s council, and acting governor. De Peyster amassed great wealth, and by the end of his life he is said to have been one of the city’s wealthiest merchants." --NYC gov parks The statue was originally placed in the center of Bowling Green Park in 1896, at a site once occupied by a statue of King George III. It was removed to Hanover Square Park in 1972, and is currently in storage whilst Hanover Park undergoes redesign as the British Memorial Garden, and a new site is selected for reinstallation.